UN-Habitat launched its biannual flagship report, the Global Report on Human Settlements 2013 – Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility at World Habitat Day, in Medellin, Colombia and London, U.K. (Please see downloadable version of the Abridged version and the Full-text of the report).
Juan Carlos Muñoz and Dario Hidalgo, members of our CoE, are co-authors of Chapter 3: Metro, Light Rail and BRT.
The report is significant because it brings together in a very comprehensive manner (300+ pages and over 30 case studies), what the current status of sustainable urban mobility is. The report unequivocally makes the message that sustainable transport is not about about avoiding the negative effects of transport such as air pollution, climate change, road safety or congestion but that sustainable transport is important first and foremost because of the enabling role it has for economic and social development.
